EARTHQUAKES · JEFF DAVIS AREA · TX2025MASCDS
Magnitude 2.0 10 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas
Friday, June 20, 2025, 3:21:56 AM Central · 2025-06-20 08:21:56 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 10 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas on June 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM Central, 4.9 km deep, in the Jeff Davis County area.
It is one of 44 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.2.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.7 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC; together they hold 90,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 4.9
- km deep · 16,229 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 44
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 88
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.0140, -103.6350
- County area
- Jeff Davis County
- On a map
- OpenStreetMap ↗
- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2025, 5:39 AM | 2.3 | 8.7 km | 5.5 km |
| Jun 22, 2025, 6:43 AM | 2.6 | 8.8 km | 8.6 km |
| Jun 22, 2025, 9:08 AM | 2.6 | 9.6 km | 5.5 km |
| Jun 22, 2025, 5:53 PM | 2.2 | 6.9 km | 6.1 km |
| Jun 25, 2025, 2:58 AM | 2.8 | 9.1 km | 8.2 km |
| Jun 10, 2025, 1:36 AM | 3.1 | 5.5 km | 7.8 km |
| Apr 29, 2025, 8:25 PM | 2.3 | 7 km | 1.2 km |
| Apr 29, 2025, 5:53 AM | 2.1 | 6.9 km | 3.4 km |
| Apr 29, 2025, 4:06 AM | 2.0 | 6.2 km | 7.8 km |
| Aug 16, 2025, 10:57 PM | 2.1 | 4.8 km | 7.9 km |
| Apr 23, 2025, 3:23 AM | 2.0 | 7.5 km | 2.2 km |
| Sep 11, 2025, 8:41 PM | 2.0 | 7.6 km | 8.5 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.2 on Jan 8, 2023.
Injection wells within 10 km
RRC UIC MASTER · ACTIVE PERMITS
Proximity is not attribution. The wells are listed because the question is always asked; whether any of them is connected to this event is for the RRC's seismic response review, not this page.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist 13-176 SWD #2 | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000117765 | 4.7 km | 20,000 | 4,950–6,550 |
| Baptist 13-223 #1 | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000113258 | 5.7 km | 20,000 | 4,587–6,975 |
| Sea Trek SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000112619 | 6.3 km | 30,000 | 4,800–7,700 |
| Wm ES TX Reeves Co Sswd #1 | Wm Energy Svcs of TX, LLC | 000105736 | 8.4 km | 20,000 | 4,850–7,350 |
Disposal in Jeff Davis County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2025mascds, as published by the UT Bureau of Economic Geology and refreshed daily. Nearby wells from the RRC UIC well master and permit coordinates; daily volumes from the TexNet injection reporting tool.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2025mascds, documented in the API reference.